Trudeau Acknowledges SNC Dispute, but Some Young Would-Be MPs Turn Backs on PM

Trudeau Acknowledges SNC Dispute, but Some Young Would-Be MPs Turn Backs on PM
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives for a Liberal Party caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on April 2, 2019. Chris Wattie/Reuters
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got a first−hand glimpse of the fallout from the SNC−Lavalin affair when he addressed young women staging a mock Parliament in the House of Commons Wednesday: about four dozen of them turned their backs on him while he tried to explain why he had booted Jody Wilson−Raybould and Jane Philpott out of the Liberal caucus the day before.

It was a rough start for Trudeau’s efforts to re−establish himself as a feminist and supporter of reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.